Ross I.S. Zbar, MD, FACS
Articles

Dr Ross Zbar has published extensively on many topics.  Below are his clinical publications.  Many of these can be searched on the internet.  

Publications:


Zbar RIS and Canady JW. Evidence-Based Approach to Secondary Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity. Plastic Recon Surg 2010; In Review.

 

Zbar RIS, Taylor LD and Canady JW. The Disruptive Physician: Righteous Maverick or Dangerous Pariah? Plastic Recon Surg 2009; 123(1):409.

 

Zbar RIS, Taylor LD and Canady JW. Ethical Issues for the Plastic Surgeon in a Tumultuous Health Care System: Dissecting the Anatomy of a Decision. Plastic Recon Surg 2008; 122 (4):1245.

Zbar RIS and Canady J. Nonmelanoma Facial Skin Malignancy. Plastic Recon Surg 2008; 121(1S) MOC-PS CME Collection:1-9.

Langstein HN, Zbar RIS and Dingman DL. Teaching microsurgery in western academic centers and in the developing world.  Seminars in Plastic Surg. 2003;
17:17.

Zbar RIS, Rai SM and Ghimire P. Repair of congenital nasal anomalies involving redundancy of structures. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2003;40:214.

Zbar RIS, Otake LR, Miller MJ, Persing JA and Dingman DL. Web based medicine as a means to establishing centers of surgical excellence in the developing world.  Plastic Recon Surg 2001; 108:460.

Zbar RIS, Rai SM and Dingman DL.  Establishing cleft surgery in developing nations: A model for the new millennium.  Plastic Recon Surg 2000; 106:886.

Zbar RIS, Zbar LIS, Dudley C, Trott SA, Rohrich RJ and Moss RL.  A classification schema for the vomeronasal organ in humans.  Plastic Recon Surg 2000; 105:1284-1288.

Rohrich RJ and Zbar RIS.  Reply: Letter to the editor regarding ‘A simplified algorithm for the use of Z-plasty.’  Plastic Recon Surg 1999; 104: 2339.

Rohrich RJ and Zbar RIS.  The Evolution of the Hughes tarsoconjunctival flap for lower eyelid reconstruction.  Plastic Recon Surg 1999; 104:518-523.

Rohrich RJ and Zbar RIS.  A simplified algorithm for the use of Z-plasty.  Plastic Recon Surg  1999; 103:1513-1517.

Greinwald JH…Zbar RIS, Kraft ML, Prasad S, Ramesh A, Coucke P, Srisailapathy CRS, Lovett M, VanCamp G and Smith RJH.  Localization of a novel gene for nonsyndromic hearing loss (DFNB17) to chromosome region 7q31.  Am J Med Genet 1998;  78(2):107-113.

Zbar RIS, Ramesh A, Srisailapathy CRS, Fukushima K, Wayne S and Smith RJH.  Passage to India: The search for genes causing autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998; 118(3):333-337.

Tomek MS…Zbar RIS, Bell AM, VanCamp G and Smith RJH.  Localization of a gene for otosclerosis to chromosome 15q25-q26.  Human Molec Genetics 1998; 7(2):285-290.

Zbar RIS, Funk GF, McCulloch TM, Graham SM and Hoffman HT.  The pectoralis major myofascial flap: a valuable tool in contemporary head and neck reconstruction.  Head and Neck 1997; 19:412-418.

Zbar RIS, Megerian CA, Khan A and Rubinstein JT.  An invisible culprit: intralabyrinthine schwannomas which do not appear on enhanced MRI scanning.  Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1997; 106:739-742.

Greinwald JH…Zbar RIS, Kraft ML, Elbedour K, Yairi Y, Musy M, Skvorak AB, VanCamp G, Srisailapathy CRS, Lovett M, Morton CC, Sheffield VC and Smith RJH.  Construction of P1-derived artificial chromosome and yeast artificial chromosome contigs encompassing the DFNB7 and DFNB11 region of chromosome 9q13-21.  Genome Research  1997; 7(9):879-886.

Chen A…Zbar RIS, Ashley J, Lovett M, VanCamp G and Smith RJH.  New gene for autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss maps to either chromosome 3q or 19p.  Am J Med Genet 1997; 71(4):467-471.

Weber PC, Zbar RIS and Gantz BJ.  Appropriateness of magnetic resonance imaging in sudden sensorineural hearing loss.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997; 116:153-156.

Zbar RIS, Chen AH, Behrendt DM, Bell EF and Smith RJH.  The incidence of vocal fold paralysis in infants undergoing ligation of patent ductus arteriosus.  Ann Thoracic Surg  1996; 61:814-816.

Zbar RIS and Smith RJH.  Vocal fold paralysis in infants twelve months of age and younger.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996; 114:18-21.

Fukushima K…Zbar RIS and Smith RJH.  An autosomal recessive non-syndromic form of sensorineural hearing loss maps to 3p.  Genome Research 1995; 5:305-308.

Fukushima K…Zbar RIS and Smith RJH.  Consanguineous nuclear families used to identify a new locus for recessive non-syndromic hearing loss on 14q.  Human Molec Genetics  1995; 4(9):1643-1648.

Zbar RIS.  Book Review: Autobiography of a Face.  New England Journal of Medicine  1995; 333(14): 949.

Jain PW…Zbar RIS, Verma IC, Smith RJH and Wilcox ER.  A human recessive neurosensory nonsyndromic hearing impairment locus is a potential homolgue of the murine deafness (dn) locus.  Human Molec Genetics  1995; 4(12):2391-2394.

Zbar RIS.  Liver laceration following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A case report.  Heart Lung  1993; 22(5):463.

Zbar RIS, Crede WB, McKhann CF and Jekel JF.  The postoperative incidence of small bowel obstruction following standard, open appendectomy and cholecystectomy: A six year retrospective cohort study at Yale-New Haven Hospital.  Connecticut Medicine  1993; 57(3):123-127.

Roepe PD, Zbar RIS, Sarkar HK and Kaback HR.  A five-residue sequence near the carboxyl terminus of the polytopic membrane protein lac permease is required for stability within the membrane.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  1989; 86:3992-3996.


Zbar RIS and Canady J. Nonmelanoma Facial Skin Malignancy. Plastic Recon Surg 2008; 121(1S) MOC-PS CME Collection:1-9.

Langstein HN, Zbar RIS and Dingman DL. Teaching microsurgery in western academic centers and in the developing world.  Seminars in Plastic Surg. 2003;
17:17.

Zbar RIS, Rai SM and Ghimire P. Repair of congenital nasal anomalies involving redundancy of structures. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2003;40:214.

Zbar RIS, Otake LR, Miller MJ, Persing JA and Dingman DL. Web based medicine as a means to establishing centers of surgical excellence in the developing world.  Plastic Recon Surg 2001; 108:460.

Zbar RIS, Rai SM and Dingman DL.  Establishing cleft surgery in developing nations: A model for the new millennium.  Plastic Recon Surg 2000; 106:886.

Zbar RIS, Zbar LIS, Dudley C, Trott SA, Rohrich RJ and Moss RL.  A classification schema for the vomeronasal organ in humans.  Plastic Recon Surg 2000; 105:1284-1288.

Rohrich RJ and Zbar RIS.  Reply: Letter to the editor regarding ‘A simplified algorithm for the use of Z-plasty.’  Plastic Recon Surg 1999; 104: 2339.

Rohrich RJ and Zbar RIS.  The Evolution of the Hughes tarsoconjunctival flap for lower eyelid reconstruction.  Plastic Recon Surg 1999; 104:518-523.

Rohrich RJ and Zbar RIS.  A simplified algorithm for the use of Z-plasty.  Plastic Recon Surg  1999; 103:1513-1517.

Greinwald JH…Zbar RIS, Kraft ML, Prasad S, Ramesh A, Coucke P, Srisailapathy CRS, Lovett M, VanCamp G and Smith RJH.  Localization of a novel gene for nonsyndromic hearing loss (DFNB17) to chromosome region 7q31.  Am J Med Genet 1998;  78(2):107-113.

Zbar RIS, Ramesh A, Srisailapathy CRS, Fukushima K, Wayne S and Smith RJH.  Passage to India: The search for genes causing autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998; 118(3):333-337.

Tomek MS…Zbar RIS, Bell AM, VanCamp G and Smith RJH.  Localization of a gene for otosclerosis to chromosome 15q25-q26.  Human Molec Genetics 1998; 7(2):285-290.

Zbar RIS, Funk GF, McCulloch TM, Graham SM and Hoffman HT.  The pectoralis major myofascial flap: a valuable tool in contemporary head and neck reconstruction.  Head and Neck 1997; 19:412-418.

Zbar RIS, Megerian CA, Khan A and Rubinstein JT.  An invisible culprit: intralabyrinthine schwannomas which do not appear on enhanced MRI scanning.  Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1997; 106:739-742.

Greinwald JH…Zbar RIS, Kraft ML, Elbedour K, Yairi Y, Musy M, Skvorak AB, VanCamp G, Srisailapathy CRS, Lovett M, Morton CC, Sheffield VC and Smith RJH.  Construction of P1-derived artificial chromosome and yeast artificial chromosome contigs encompassing the DFNB7 and DFNB11 region of chromosome 9q13-21.  Genome Research  1997; 7(9):879-886.

Chen A…Zbar RIS, Ashley J, Lovett M, VanCamp G and Smith RJH.  New gene for autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss maps to either chromosome 3q or 19p.  Am J Med Genet 1997; 71(4):467-471.

Weber PC, Zbar RIS and Gantz BJ.  Appropriateness of magnetic resonance imaging in sudden sensorineural hearing loss.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997; 116:153-156.

Zbar RIS, Chen AH, Behrendt DM, Bell EF and Smith RJH.  The incidence of vocal fold paralysis in infants undergoing ligation of patent ductus arteriosus.  Ann Thoracic Surg  1996; 61:814-816.

Zbar RIS and Smith RJH.  Vocal fold paralysis in infants twelve months of age and younger.  Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996; 114:18-21.

Fukushima K…Zbar RIS and Smith RJH.  An autosomal recessive non-syndromic form of sensorineural hearing loss maps to 3p.  Genome Research 1995; 5:305-308.

Fukushima K…Zbar RIS and Smith RJH.  Consanguineous nuclear families used to identify a new locus for recessive non-syndromic hearing loss on 14q.  Human Molec Genetics  1995; 4(9):1643-1648.

Zbar RIS.  Book Review: Autobiography of a Face.  New England Journal of Medicine  1995; 333(14): 949.

Jain PW…Zbar RIS, Verma IC, Smith RJH and Wilcox ER.  A human recessive neurosensory nonsyndromic hearing impairment locus is a potential homolgue of the murine deafness (dn) locus.  Human Molec Genetics  1995; 4(12):2391-2394.

Zbar RIS.  Liver laceration following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A case report.  Heart Lung  1993; 22(5):463.

Zbar RIS, Crede WB, McKhann CF and Jekel JF.  The postoperative incidence of small bowel obstruction following standard, open appendectomy and cholecystectomy: A six year retrospective cohort study at Yale-New Haven Hospital.  Connecticut Medicine  1993; 57(3):123-127.

Roepe PD, Zbar RIS, Sarkar HK and Kaback HR.  A five-residue sequence near the carboxyl terminus of the polytopic membrane protein lac permease is required for stability within the membrane.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA  1989; 86:3992-3996.


Book Chapters:


Zbar RIS and Canady JW.  “Cold Injuries” in Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, Volume 1, pages 855 – 862; Saunders, Philadelphia, PA: 2006.


Broughton G and Zbar RIS. “Burns and Postburn Reconstruction” in Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery, Volume 10, Number 7, Part 2, 2005.


Zbar RIS “Skin Tumors I: Basal Cell and Squamous Cell Carcinoma” in Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery, Volume 10, Number 3, Part I, 2004.


Hunt JL, Purdue GF and Zbar RIS. “Burns: acute burns, burn surgery and postburn reconstruction.” in Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery, Volume 9, Number 12, 2000.


Zbar RIS and Cottel WI.  “Skin Tumors I: Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma” in Selected Readings in Plastic Surgery, Volume 9, Number 5, 2000.


Zbar RIS and Smith RJH.  Reprint of Vocal Fold Paralysis in Infants Twelve Months of Age and Younger (Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1996;114:18-21) in Home Study Course, Section 6, 1998 - 1999:  Laryngology, Voice Disorders and Bronchoesophagology.


Zbar RIS and Funk GF.  “Pharyngocutaneous Fistula” in Current Therapy in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.  Mosby Publications, Sixth Edition, NY: 1998.  pg314-319.


Newspaper Articles

  1. MD Returning to Town After Years of Surgeries Around World - June 7, 2000, Montclair Times
  2. A Doctor Donates His Skills - October 17, 2000, New Jersey Star Ledger
  3. Organization Helps Children Around the World - September 20, 2000, Cupertino Courier
  4. The Full Body Lift, Channel 11 News, NY, NY

Useful Web Links
 
Wikipedia
This has an entry for Dr Ross Zbar

ASBCPS
Contains excellent information regarding skin cancer surgery.

 
 
Interplast
This is the volunteer organization with which Dr Zbar served.

ASPS
The American Society of Plastic Surgery has much helpful information.

ACS
The American College of Surgeons.

We will be updating these links frequently so be sure to check back often.